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Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
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Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS might be the oldest comet ever seen
Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...
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A Mysterious New Visitor Has Entered Our Solar System—Here's What Astronomers Know So Far
Comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS telescope in Chile, is only the third confirmed interstellar object observed in our solar system. The comet is traveling at an extraordinary ...
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Why scientists are so excited about the newfound interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (op-ed)
Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...
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3I/ATLAS: Everything you need to know about the new 'interstellar visitor' shooting through the solar system
Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar ...
Finding primordial black holes using the Legacy Survey of Space and Time will be a statistical challenge
With the recent first light milestone for the Vera Rubin Observatory, it's only a matter of time before one of astronomy's ...